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Unique ID: IOW-E55090
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete, corroded and misshapen post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Richard Dore of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1654. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (265, ref: 99).
Obverse: RICHARD DORE; R D in field
Reverse: [OF NEWPORT]; [1654] in field
Diameter: 15.0mm. Weight: 0.67g.
Richard Dore was a member of the Corporation, but in 1662 he and other members of that body were dismissed for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance. (see: 'The Antiquary' Vol. XLVIII, 1912, where there is an article on the Ledger Book of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1567-1799 by architect and antiquarian, Percy Stone).
Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd.
Class: Trade token
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1654
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Other reference: IOW2014-4-85
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 265, ref: 99 |